Daisy mandarin

Citrus reticulata Blanco

CRC 3910

PI 539531

VI 382  

Photos by Toni Siebert, CVC. Photo rights.

Source: Received as budwood from the US Date & Citrus Station, 1980.

Parentage/origins: Daisy is a cross between Fortune and Fremont mandarins and is considered to be better than either of it's parents. Daisy was named officially by Dowlin Young of Young's Nursery in Thermal, California, after his wife.

Rootstocks of accession: Carrizo citrange, C-35 citrange

Season of ripeness at Riverside: January to March

Notes and observations:

11/22/1988, EMN: Excessive splitting of fruits noted, this may prove to be one of Daisy's weak points.

OJB: Daisy produces a medium-large, mid-season mandarin with an attractive dark orange rind. It peels and sections moderately well. The tree produces a heavy crop with the fruit held in large clusters, but has a strong tendancy to be highly alternate bearing.  Daisy is moderately seedy with one to three seeds per section.  

Availability: Commercially available in California through the Citrus Clonal Protection Program.

USDA Germplasm Resources Information Network page for Daisy mandarin

Bibliography:

Vol. 71, No. 6 Citrograph, pp 115, April 1986

Vol. 73, No. 8 Citrograph, pp 152, June 1988